Shabir Shah moves court, fears untoward incident in Tihar Jail
HAS ALSO URGED FOR THE DIRECTIONS ON HIS REGULAR MEDICATION AND PROPER DIET AS PER HIS MEDICAL REPORT SINCE HE IS SUFFERING FROM DIABETES
NEW DELHI: Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah, arrested on the charge of money laundering, on Thursday moved a Delhi court to express apprehension of an “untoward incident” with him at the Tihar Central Jail here and urged for the security.
“The applicant (Shah) is lodged in a cell where other inmates are showing anger against him and passing unbearable comments. In view of this, there is an apprehension that an untoward incident may take place with him,” Shah said in his application moved by his counsel MS Khan.
The plea urged additional district and sessions judge Sidharth Sharma to issue directions to the jail superintendent to provide security to the accused leader.
He also urged for the directions on his regular medication and proper diet as per his medical report, since he is suffering from ailments, including diabetes.
The court sought a report from Tihar Jail officials on Shah’s plea and listed the matter for August 14.
Shah was arrested from Srinagar on July 25 on the charge of money laundering in a case dating back to 2005 wherein the Delhi Police Special Cell had arrested hawala dealer Muhammad Aslam Wani.
Wani had reportedly confessed that he had passed on ₹ 2.25 crore hawala money to Shah. The ED had registered a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against them. In the 2005 case lodged by the Special Cell, the court had acquitted co-accused Wani on the charges of criminal conspiracy and other offences but convicted him under the Arms Act.The Enforcement Directorate had arrested Wani on August 6.
On Wednesday, the court had remanded Shabir Shah in 14-day judicial custody after the ED did not seek his further custodial interrogation. Shah was produced in the court on Wednesday.